Floor stand for supporting vinegar barrels and barrels of other liquid content



Feb. 26, 1929 H. L. SHELLABARGER FLOOR STAND FOR SUPPORTING vlugleARKBARRELS AND BARRELS OF OTHER LIQUID 001mm Filed Sept. 1926 jfwwziar;

Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES.

HUGH L. SHELLABARGER, OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO.

FLOOR STAND FOR SUPPORTING VINEGAR BARRELS ANDBARRELS OF OTHER LIQUIDCONTENT.

Application filedseptember 7, 1926; Serial No. 133,978.

My invention relates to a new and novel floor stand for supportingvinegar barrels and barrels of other liquid content, which is dispensedat stores in retail orders.

And the objects of my invention are:

First: to provide a floor stand for-liquid holding barrels, that isadapted to support such barrels high enough above the floorto allow itscontents to be easily drawn off through a spigot, placed in its bottomedge, into measures placed on the floor beneath said spigot and whichtilts the barrel forwardly far enough to permit all of the liquidtherein to be drawn out.

Second: to provide abarrel supporting floor stand, that is arranged tofit over one end of a barrel and that is provided preferably with threelegs, two of which are of rocker form to allow heavy barrels of liquidcontent, tobe righted to a vertical position by an attendant, andsupported on said stand, such operation without the improved standrequiring the effort of two or more persons.

Third: to provide a simple and inexpensive floor stand in the form of anangle bar ring, which is adapted to be placed over one. end of a barrel,and which is provided with preferably three supporting legs, two ofwhich are in the form of rockers, whereby a heavy barrel of liquidcontent can be easily canted from a horizontal to a vertical position bya single attendant, and supported at a distance above the floor topermit the placing of measuring vessels beneath the spigot of saidbarrel, which is usually inserted near the lower end thereof.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which: I

Figure 1, is a sidc view showing a barrel supported on the improvedstand in a position for use. I

Figure 2, is a side view illustrating the manner in which a barrel canbe canted from a horizontal to a vertical position through the medium ofthe improved supporting stand.

Figure 3, is a plan view of the stand.

Figure 4:, is a slightly enlarged sectional View on the line l4 ofFigure 3, and

Figure 5, is a view of a portion of the stand showing the manner ofsecuring the front leg thereto. 7

In the retail trade, certain liquid, commodities, for example, vineganisdispensed direct- 1y from a barrel, which is supported in a verticalposition upon any suitable object, such as a box or piece of timber, sothat the lower end portion of the barrel, in which a spigotis inserted,will be far enough above the floor to PGIHRit'Ol measuring tins beingplaced beneath the said spigot. Such barrels are very heavy and requirethe service oftwo or more persons in orderto place them on the requiredsupport. The present invention, however, is

designed to eliminate much of the effort or- I dinarily required inplacing such barrels upon supports, by providing an improved support,which also functions as a means of facilitating the canting of a barrelfrom a horizontal to a vertical position, as will. hereinafter appear.Referring to the accompanying drawings The numeral 1 indicates a ringwhich is formed from an an le bar, so as to comprise an inwardlyprojecting circular base or horizontal flange 2, and an upright rim 3which is of adiameter corresponding to that of the end of the barrelupon which it is to be placed. To the base flange are bolted three legswhich are substantially equidistant, one of the legs 4*, being the frontleg and the other legs 5, being rear legs. The front leg 4 is preferablyabout a half inch shorter than the rear legs, and is about an inch and aquarter thick, and its upper end is formed with lateral projections 6which are bolted to the base flange 2 of the ring. The rear legs 5 areof sector shape to provide rockers, their rear edges being curved from.their'upper ends to the lower end portions which rest upon the floor.These rockers are socured to the base flange of the ring by screws 7which extend through the said base flange and into threaded holes in theupper edges of the rockers. The rockers are preferably arranged toconverge slightly, with respect to each other and their upper endsextend rearward far enough beyond the points where they are bolted tothe ring, to be in line with rearinost point of the ring, as will beunderstood by referenceto Fig. 3. By converging the legs 5 the maximummechanical strength is obtained since, as will be apparent from Fig. 3,the rocker legs 5 may be secured to a relatively narrow flange 2 atcomparatively vwidely spaced points. The converging of'the legsfacilitates the handling of heavy barrels since the weight of a barrelwhen in horizontal or in inclined position is supported at points whichare closer to the inedial plane between legs 0 than would be the case ifthe legs were parallel. For these reasons I prefer to locate the legs 5in planes which are approximately tangential to the base flange.

In practice, where it is oesired to support a barrel of any liquid contat upon theirnproved floor stand, ring 1 is placed over one end of thebarrel, and if it is necessary in order to hold the ring in place,which, however, very seldom happens, a looped wire I is messed under thering justback 01" the front leg l, and is hooked over a nail or screw 8,which is temporarily inserted in the lower portion of the ba rel abovethe said front leg, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The barrel, which is newin a horizontal tiosition, can be easily canted to a vertical positionby swinging the same over upon the rockers 5 until it rests squarelyupon the rockers and upon the front i, and as the front leg slightlyshorter than the rear legs or rockers, the barrel will have a slightlyforward inclination, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A spigot- 9, isinserted in a hole in the lower end portion of the barrel a slightdistance from the bottom head thereof, while the barrel still in ahorizontal position, and as the legs or the barrel are about twelveinches long, this spigot will be high enough above the floor to permitof measuring vessels being placed beneath the said spigot to be filledtherefrom. As the barrel has a slightly forward inclination, and thespigot is located near the bottom head of the barrel. practically all ofthe contents of the barrel mosses can thus be drawn 01% through thespigot. The wire 7 is only a temporary expedient to hold the ring on thebarrel, while the barrel is being canted from a horizontal to a.vertical position and therefore, the said wire serves no purpose afterthe barrel assumes an upright position on the base flange 2, of thestand, and may be removed. The improved stand not only provides a simpleand practical manner of supporting a barrel of any liquid content inposition to permit the con tent to be drawn oil as required, but it alsogreatly reduces the manual eiiort necessary in the usual manner ofplacing such barrels upon a support.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A stand for supporting a barrel in vertical position, said standcomprising a ring having a narrow annular supporting flange and anupwardly extending vertical flange at the outer periphery of saidannular flange, and three legs secured to said ring at substantiallyequidistant points about the circumference thereof, two of said legsbeing each of similar sector shape with an outer edge which curvesoutwardly from the base of the leg, wl'ierehy the said sector shapedlegsserve as rockers tor canting a barrel fromhorizont'al position intovertical position upon said stand.

In testimony whereof, I ahix my signature.

HUGH L. SHELLABARGER.

